The word in Scripture

Covenant in the Bible

The word covenant appears 292 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A covenant is a binding relationship God establishes with His people by promise. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What covenant means in the Bible

A covenant is a binding relationship God establishes with His people by promise.

Where the word covenant appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word covenant appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.”Psalms 44:17

“Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.”Psalms 89:39

“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”Isaiah 24:5

“The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.”Isaiah 33:8

“To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;”Luke 1:72

“For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”Romans 11:27

“But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”Hebrews 8:6

“And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”Hebrews 12:24